Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
Students will use Wacom tablets to make monochrome images, burn them to transparency paper, and make some shirts and/or bags with them. Students also will watch ICAP interviews with a screen-printing business that prints its own materials and will then reflect on this as a career option. Read more »
Created by: James Doyle
Date Updated: March 30th, 2023
Making Silk-Screen Prints Using Transparencies
In this lesson, students will design characters from shapes. Read more »
Designing YouTube Content Using World Languages
Students discuss their favorite content creators on YouTube. They explore different content creators on a Wakelet and consider what it is about the video that makes it intriguing. Students learn from a YouTube content creator that creating YouTube videos is "kind of like an octopus"—you need a lot of... Read more »
Created by: James Doyle
Date Updated: January 31st, 2023
Designing YouTube Content Using World Languages
In this lesson, students examine the physics behind synthesizers and apply that knowledge to create unique sounds on a virtual synthesizer. As this lesson explores both scientific and musical concepts, it could be used in both science and music classrooms. Read more »
Created by: James Doyle
Date Updated: October 31st, 2022
Exploring Wave Interference With Synthesizers
Students will discover one of the primary purposes of 3D printing is the ability to create something you need, when you need it. They will use the free online platform Tinkercad to develop their understanding of 3D modeling and design. Based on that understanding, they will work in groups to complete... Read more »
Created by: James Doyle
Date Updated: November 11th, 2022
Media Production: 3D Printing
In this first lesson of a media production unit, students interact with five types of cameras used for filming and create a 60-second or less short film. Read more »
Created by: James Doyle
Date Updated: March 16th, 2023
Media Production, Lesson 1
Adobe Premiere Rush is a flexible video editing tool that allows students to easily create short, publication-ready videos. Students can edit videos with a large library of tools, including transitions, effects, and music. Read more »
In this visual arts lesson, students will design characters from shapes. After starting their designs, they will view videos from two professional artists on completing this exercise and iteration in character design. Once students have refined their characters, they will trade with other students who... Read more »
Created by: James Doyle
Date Updated: March 13th, 2023
Shapes in Character Design
Clipchamp is a video editing suite that can operate in a web browser or in the iOS app. Read more »
Blooket is a free educational tool that enables teachers to gamify quizzes, homework, and other activities using a variety of game modes. Read more »
